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Ant Lasker has been the head boys basketball coach at Hot Springs since 2018, and he has no idea what it feels like to see his team participate in a meaningful contest during the month of November.

The top high school athletes in Arkansas are in Conway this weekend, and a recent Sheridan graduate will be there to showcase his skills.

Senior Addison Shelton and freshmen Jordan Harris and Jacob Lanier sparked a 14-0 turnaround after the second-half deficit, leading the Hornets to a 60-51 win over the regional favorite Yellowjackets in the first boys game of the 5A playoffs at the Pine Bluff Convention Center. The win was a measure of redemption for a Maumelle team that did not make it past the first round last year, when the tournament was held in Sheridan.

The race is won.

Pine Bluff High School lit a spark, and the flame kept burning.

In a low-scoring affair, Pine Bluff High School picked up the pace in crunch time. Pine Bluff outscored Sheridan 14-8 in the final 8 minutes to take a 49-38 win Tuesday night in boys basketball at McFadden Gymnasium.

The year 2022 has been really good to Watson Chapel's boys basketball team.

Bentonville didn't have its standout guard, but the Tigers had an extensive collection of others who helped carry the load in their season opener.